The feud between Bambang Trihatmodjo, son of the late President Soeharto, and the Ministry of Finance will not end soon. We all know that the parties are in dispute related to the Presidential Assistance funds (Banpres) used to finance the 1997 SEA Games. Bambang was the chair of the 1997 SEA Games Organizing Partner Consortium. The Ministry insisted that he must be held accountable for what happened then. After his attempt to challenge the Ministry’s decision failed, Bambang Tri reportedly tried to assign blame on another person in the company responsible for the said consortium. Bambang filed another lawsuit.
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